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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Minuet
Register
Dissonance
Chorus
2. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Libretto
Opera
Interpretation
Tremolo
3. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Gavotte
Polytonality
Chord progression
Slur
4. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Tempo
Fifth
Minuet
Cantata
5. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Pastoral
Introduction
Stretto
Root
6. Unmusical - without tone.
Register
Pentatonic Scale
Consonance
Tone less
7. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Encore
Prelude
Minuet
Time Signature
8. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Portamento
Ensemble
Partita
Coda
9. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.
Treble
Leading note
Maestro
Gavotte
10. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Introduction
Opus
Relative pitch
Leading note
11. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Recapitulation
Pentatonic Scale
Opera
Fourth
12. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Capriccio
Major
Ostinato
Polyphony
13. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Unison
Ricercar
Tremolo
Presto
14. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Trio
Leitmotif
Romantic
Development
15. The interval between two notes. Two whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Glee
Cadence
Fourth
Quintet
16. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Tune
Legato
Hymn
Octave
17. The movement of chords in succession.
Allegro
Progression
Musette
Homophony
18. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.
Part
Tempo
Stretto
Staccato
19. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Cantata
Concerto
Rhythm
Chorale
20. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Falsetto
Cadenza
Quartet
Song cycle
21. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Leading note
Chant
Cadenza
Major
22. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Rococo
Quintet
Interlude
Phrase
23. A musical form where the principal theme is repeated several times. The rondo was often used for the final movements of classical sonata form works.
Song cycle
Temperament
Rondo
Round
24. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Relative major and minor
Trill
String Quartet
Fugue
25. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Tonal
Modulation
Prelude
Measure
26. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Dissonance
Ornaments
Clavier
Portamento
27. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Voice
Tremolo
Suite
Resonance
28. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Accessible
Finale
March
March
29. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Leitmotif
Drone
Temperament
Dissonance
30. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Serenade
Phrase
Dynamics
Carol
31. Singing or chanting in unison without strict rhythm. Collected during the Reign of Pope Gregory VIII for psalms and other other parts of the church service.
Gregorian Chant
Homophony
Recital
Legato
32. A direction to play lively and fast.
Courante
Piano
Polyphony
Allegro
33. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Requiem
Tonal
Etude
Refrain
34. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Suite
Vivace
Reprise
Romantic
35. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.
Sextet
Glee
Rhythm
Rococo
36. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Deceptive cadence
Theme
Galliard
Grandioso
37. The highest female voice.
Tremolo
Soprano
Chorus
Rhythm
38. The technique of altering the tone color of a single note or musical line by changing from one instrument to another in the middle of a note or line.
Courante
Impromptu
Form
Klangfarbenmelodie
39. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Ensemble
Libretto
Symphony
Pizzicato
40. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Tonic
Classicism
Sharp
Hymn
41. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Leading note
Medley
Serenade
Encore
42. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Interlude
Nocturne
Choir
Deceptive cadence
43. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Triple time
Consonance
Drone
Nocturne
44. A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Cantabile
Root
Treble
Theme
45. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Presto
Modulation
Interlude
Key signature
46. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Renaissance
Accelerando
Modes
Ligature
47. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Cadenza
Notation
Key
Flat
48. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Tone
Drone
Energico
Trill
49. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Cadenza
Interlude
Whole-tone scale
Verismo
50. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Resonance
Quartet
Legato
Chord